Two Communities May Have Exactly the Same Number of Species,yet

question 18

Multiple Choice

Two communities may have exactly the same number of species,yet one might be measured as having a greater species diversity.What defines species diversity?

• A)composition or a listing of the various species in a community
• B)a community and all of the abiotic factors associated with it
• C)the native species plus the introduced species
• D)the potential number of species that should exist in a community minus the species that have gone locally extinct
• E)both the number of species and the evenness or relative abundance of individuals of the different species

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